Combination lid



April 2, 1957 H. w. HERMAN 2,787,399

COMBINATION LID Filed Aug. 2, 1954 FIGJ. 32 2o uvvzzvrox HAROLD WILLIAMHERMAN 1 ATToNEYs United States Patent COMBINATION LID Harold WilliamHerman, Berkley, Mich.

Application August 2, 1954, Serial No. 447,203

2 Claims. .(Cl. 220-42) This invention relates generally to sanitaryreceptacles and more particularly to a combination lid for a. garbagecan or pail.

One object of this invention is to provide a combination lid for agarbage pail which is designed to make it possible to keep the entirepail spotless-1y clean throughout long periods of use. The inside of agarbage pail may be easily rinsed out before each using, but the top andbottom rims and the outside of the p=ail are usually very diflicult toclean. The present construction is especially designed to overcome thesediffioulties.

A further object of the invent-ion is to provide an annular sheet-metalmember dimensioned to removably fit over the top edge of the garbagepail having inner and outer depending annular flanges respectivelyextending downwardly along the inner and outer sides of the side wall ofthe pail, and a removable lid resting on the annular member and having aflange on the under side dimensioned to fit closely within the innerflange of the annular member.

Other objects of the invention will become apparent [as the followingdescription proceeds, especially when taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a garbage pail, partly insection, constructed in accordance with the present invention;

Figure 2 is similar to Figure 1, showing the parts separated; and

Figure 3 is a perspective view.

The matter of keeping garbage pails clean and sanitary is of particularconcern to establishments which serve food to the public, and while thepresent construction is especially suited for use by suchestablishments, it will be understood that the present construction hasl9. much wider range of use and may be used to advantage by persons invarious other circumstances, such as for home use.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, a garbage can or pail isgenerally indicated :at It having a bottom Wall or base 12 land acylindrical side wall 14 extending upwardly from the bottom wall andbeing open at the top. Handles 15 are provided on opposite sides of sidewall 14.

The cover or lid structure for the pail It) is indicated generally bythe numeral 16 and comprises an annular rim member 18 and a lid 20. Therim member is designed to removably fit over the top edge of the sidewall 14 of the pzail. Rim member 18 is provided with 21 dependingannular flange 22 which is adapted to ex tend downwardly along the outerside of the upper portion of side wall 14 and is dimensioned to have arather close fit therewith. A bead 24 extending around the outer side ofside wall 14 is located so as to be engaged by the lower margin offlange 22 when the annular rim member is seated upon the top edge of thepail.

The annular rim member 18 also has an inner depending annular flange 26which extends downwardly "ice per extremities of the flanges 22 and 26is an annular connecting portion 28 which may, if desired, be formedintegrally with the outer flange 22.

The annular rim member 18 composed of the outer and inner flanges 22 and26 and the connecting portion 28, will be seen to be of inverted channelcross-section dimensioned to receive the upper edge of the side wall ofthe pail when the rim member is applied thereto shown in Figures 1 and2.

It will be seen that the connecting portion 28 extends inwardly from theouter flange 22 and slightly upwardly to a point such that its innerannular margin 29 is spaced a substantial distance radially inwardly ofthe inner side of the side wall 14 of the pail and that the inner flange26 extends downwardly from the inner margin of the connecting portionand thus likewise is spaced a considerable distance from the inner sideof side wall 14. The inner flange 26 may be soldered or otherwisesuitably secured to the connecting portion 28 to provide a structuralunit.

It will be noted that the upper margin of the inner flange 26 is formedwith an inwardly directed annular lip 30.

Extending across the opening defined by the inner flange 26 of the rimmember is the removable lid 20 which may comprise a generally circularsheet-metal member 32 having the edge portion turned over upon itself asshown at 33 and resting upon the connecting portion 28 of the rim.member in the assembled relation shown in Figure 1. The circular lidmember has secured to the under side thereof an annular depending flange34 dimensioned to fit closely within the lip of the inner flange 26 toassist in retaining the lid in assembled relation therewith. As seen inFigures 1 and 2, the flange 34 has an outwardly turned portion 35 heldbetween the turned edge of the circular part 32 of the cover. A handle36 is secured centrally to the top side of the circular member 32.Handles 38 also may be provided on diametrically opposite sides of therim member.

During normal use, the rim member is applied as shown in Figures 1 and 3and the lid is normally also in place on the rim member but removed whengarbage material is to be put in the pail. It will be apparent that theupper edge portion of side wall 14 of the pail is completely shielded bythe rim member 18 and will not be exposed to garbage material dumpedinto the pail. Furthermore, it will be noted that the size of theopening defined by the inner flange 26 of the rim member is considerablysmaller than the outside diameter of the side wall 14 of the pail sothat there is little chance for garbage to come in contact with or rundown or stain the outer side of side wall 14. In the same manner, thebottom rim 40 of the pail is also kept free of contact with garbagematerial.

Before each using, it is a simple matter to flush or rinse out theinside of the pail. The annular rim member will probably contain stainsand deposits of garbage material which are more difficult to clean, butthis member may be given a thorough cleansing in the washing equipmentprovided for pots and pans. The lid 18 may be Washed in a like manner.

The parts of the garbage pail which are difficult to clean by a mererinsing with a hose, for example, are thus protected and the removablerim member and lid are of a size which can be conveniently subjected toa thorough cleaning action.

When garbage material is not actually being deposited in the pail, thelid should, of course, be applied for sanitary reasons.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In combination, a sanitary receptacle for garbage and the like havingan annular side wall and an open top, an annular sheet metal member ofinverted channel cross-section removably fitting over the top edge ofsaid side wall and defining an opening into said receptacle, said memberhaving a radially inner depending annular flange extending downwardly:along the inner side of the upper portion of said side Wall and aradially outer depending annular flange extending downwardly along theouter side of the upper portion of said side wall, and an annularportion connecting the upper extremities of said flanges and extendingover the top edge of said side wall, said outer flange encircling andclosely embracing s aid side wall and said inner flange being spacedsubstantially radially inwardly of said side wall about its entireperiphery, said member having an annular lip at the upper extremity ofsaid inner flange extending radially inwardly therefrom and defining theopening into said receptacle.

2. Structure as defined in claim l including a' removable lid extendingacross said inner flange having its marginal edges resting on saidmember, and an annular depending flange on the underside of said liddimensioned to fit closely within said annular lip.

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